Valve



y 1935- s. SORENSEN 2,002,647

VALVE Filed Jfine 26, 1955 Sam Sorena'en INVENTOR.

PM inw A TTORNEYS 25 housing.

Patented May 28, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT 7 OFFICE Sam Sorensen, Houston, Tex." I Application Ju ne 26, 1933, Serial No. 677,577

" 10 Claims. (01.25143) My invention relates-to valves and more par-7 bonnet being closed byaplate9 andacap plate It. ticularly to the type of valve ordinarily called a The bonnet has a radial flange II and bolts I2 gate valve to close off the passage of fluid through are extended through the flange l l, the plate 9 the line in which the valve is placed. g and the cap plate l0, whereby the assembly is It is an object of the invention to provide a tightly clamped together. There is a recess l3 5 valve wherein the valve member maybe tightened on the upper side of the plate 9 to receive a radial into its seat. in either open or closed position. flange I4 on the valve stem 8. The plate I!) fits It is another object of the invention to provide closely about the valve stem, and extends over a valve of this sort in which the escape offluid the upper surface of the flange I4 whereby the 10 or foreign material into the valve housing is prevalve stem is held against longitudinal movement 10 vented. v but rotatable through the outer end of the bonnet;

I desire to provide a full open passage through A stufling box includes packing l5 fitting withthe valve housing when the valve is in open posiin a recess in the cap plate in and around the tion but to prevent any lateral escapeof material valve stem, and a gland l6, which is adapted to into the housing during theperiod when the valve be forced downwardly upon the packing by cap 15 is open, e screws l1.

It is another and important object to provide a The valve member. is made up of two mating valve which will release easily from its seat in sections [8 and 19. As will be seen from Figs. either open or closed position when the valve is 2 and 3, these sections of the valve have their t b v d, l M contacting faces cut on an inclined plane where- 2 Another object of the invention is to provide in by the e s a Wedging t on between the two a valve structure of this .character a valve which Parts Of the v W a b d together may be easily moved at all times in operating the h v v i an p m ly r n lar valve same from an open or closed position in the valve member which forms a gate controlling th p ns ing through the valve housing. Each of the sec- 5 In the drawing herewith, Fig. 1 is ide i w tions has a transverse opening 20 therethrough partly in longitudinal section illustrating a prewhich when brought i to alignment With the ferred embodiment .of theinvention. p 2 through the housing u s s a pas- Fig; 2 is a, perspective iew howing the two sage for the fluid and it Will be noted that when parts of the valve separated so as to disclose the the Valve is in'open Position there is 110 PD 30 struction of the seat plates;

interior construction thereof. tunity for the fluid or sediment conveyed therein Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section centrally of the to p into the housing o the valve. twoparts of the valve member; and 1 In order that these two sections of the valve Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a conmaybe moved to and from Position closing t e passage I have formed athreaded socket 2| upon 35 My improved valve includes 1 body one section and another threaded section 22 upon having a longitudinal passage 2 therethrough for thematingsection. The section i9 is recessed fluid. Said body is adapted to be connected in adjacent the upper end, as shown at 3, to prothefiuid-conductinglinein any preferred manner vide Space Within Which the boss 24 enclosing 40 a Ihave u t t radial'flang'es 3 t each end the socket 2| may lit, and, as will be seen from 40 thereof through which bolts may be'extended to 1, the boss 24 is n aged Within the recess connect the same with cooperating flanges on the There is a Space Shown at 25 allowing longipipe section e I i tudinal movement of the boss in the recess to a The valve body has a central valve chamber 4 hmitedlexteht- I prefer to Place a p ing Washer transversely of the fluid-passage 2. Saidcham- 25 Within Said recess 25 and upon the pper sur- 45 her extends on th id fthe passage, th y face of the box 24 and between the same and the being extended on one side' at 5 to'receive'the' pp Wall Of the socket lower end of the valve whenit is in closed posi- This spring Washer 25 e ds o old the section. This portion of the housingisolosed about tion l8 toward the inner end of the socket 23. th chamber and the inner wall -6 thereof Both portions of the valve are recessed below 50 furnishes a stop for'the valve when moved to its the socket 23, as shown at 2'! in Fig. 1, to proclosed position. On-the opposite side 1 of the vide space into which the valve" stem 8 may chamber is the extension '1, which forms the extend in the operation of the valve. usual bonnet for the valve. Through this bonnet The valve stem 8 is threaded with a coarse the valve stem'8 is extended, the outer end of said thread, as shown at 28, to engage within the sockets 2i and 22 of the valve sections, and it will be seen that when the valve is in its lowermost or closed position the valve stem will be screwed entirely free of the socket 2! on the section I8.

The valve is movable between two seat plates 29, one at each side of the chamber A. These plates are constructed as shown in Fig. 4. Their outer faces are formed with an opening 3%) adapted to register with the passage 2 and said outer facehas a circular flange 3! ,which fits within a recess 82 formed in the valve body about the passage 2 therethrough. The inner side of the plate is channeled out to provide a trackway 33 within which the valve member may move. against the inner wall 6 of the housing and the upper ends extend above themidway point of the bonnet. They thus provide a close fit with the valve so that when the valve is wedged in open or closed position a tight contact between the valve and the seat plates is obtained.

Although the relative movement of thetwo sections constituting .the'valve member is limited by the engagement of the .boss 24 in the recess 23 of the opposing section, I contemplate further limiting the movement between the two parts 'by forming :on the section 58 aplurality of dowels or studs Said dowels engage within elongated recessesfit in the opposing section. "Thus itwill be seen that wheneither section is moved relative to the other the studs will soon engage in the ends of the slots and the two sections of the valve will be compelled to move together.

In the operation of this'valve, when theparts are moved to closed position, as shown in Fig. l, the parts will be moved downwardly by the rotating of the valve stem. andwhen the lower end of the section [8 contacts with the bottom wall 6 of the housing it will be prevented from fiuther downward movement. The continued rotation of the stem will not affect the sectionv l3 as the valve stem has been screwed loose from the socket 2'! and the adjacent section as will be wedged downwardly so as to tightly force the outer faces of the valve into the seat. Thus there will be a close seal preventing passage of fluid through the housing.

When the valve is to be moved to open position rotation of the valve stem inthe'opposite direction will first exert a pull upon the section [9 and will start it intoopen position so as to release the wedging contact between the two sections and, when the .dowels 35 contact with the ends of the recesses 36 thetwo parts will be moved together and the valve. stem will be screwed. relatively downward into. the socket 2i in the sections l8 so as to positively move both sections together until the passage through the valve registers fully with .the passage 2 through the housing. i j. 7

When this position is reached the upper end of the socket 22 indicated at 31 will contact with the lower wall of the plate 9 and the section l9 will thus be brought to a stop. .At this point the threaded section 28 of stem '8 will be screwed entirely through thesocket 22 and will exert an upward pull upon the section l8. This will cause the section I8 to move upward relative to the section |9, again wedging the sections into sealing engagement withthe seat plates and compressing the spring washerifi. 7

When the valve is to be again started on its closing movement the rotary movement impartedto the =valve stem will tend to move section The lower ends of the seatplates abut I8 of the valve downwardly and the compression of the washer 26 will hold the section l9 slightly behind the other sufiiciently to release the valve before the sliding movement of the two sections together begins and the stem screws into the socket 2| Thus there will be a releasing movement before the full movement of the two sections together is started. Obviously when the stem engages in both sockets the sections move together simultaneously.

It Will be noted that when the valve is to be released from its open or closed position for movement there will be a movement of one section ahead of the other so that the wedging action by the two sections will be released before the valve as a whole is moved. This is a feature of advantage. I obtain a tight seal by --wedging the twoparts together and still find no dificulty in moving the valve due to the fact that the valve releases first before it is moved in its channel in the seat plates. When the valve is in closed position the stem is entirely out of engagement with the socket 2i on'the opposing section; and when the valveis open thesocket 21 only is engaged with the stem. This enables a tight wedging'effect to be obtained. I have provided, therefore, an effective valvewhich may be easily movedwhen desired and when in operative position will form a tight seal with the wall of the seat plates.

What is claimed as new is: I

1. A valve housing having a transverse fluid passage, a valve chamberformed transversely of said passage, a valve member in said chamber,

said valve being of approximately rectangular shape and divided longitudinally on an inclined plane into two sections, said sections being separately movable and having openings adapted to be registered into and out of alignment with said passage, a valve stem threaded to engage said sections, a threaded socket on each of said sections to engage said stem, said stem being movable into and out of one of said sockets, whereby one section may bemoved before the other in releasing said sections from closed position.

2. A valve housing having a transverse fluid passage, a valve chamber formed transversely of said passage, a valve member in said chamber, said valve being divided longitudinally on an inclined plane into two sections, said sections being separately movable and having openings adapted to be registered into and out of alignment with said passage, a valve stemthreaded to engage said sections, a threaded socket -on each of said sections to engage said'stem and means to limit the relative longitudinal movement of said sections, said stem being movable into and out of one of'said sockets, whereby one section may be moved before the other in releasing said sections from closed position.

3. A valve housing having a through passage, a valve in said housing divided on an inclined plane into two wedge sections, fiuid'openings through said sections to be moved into or out of registering position with said passage, a threaded socket on each of said sections, a valve stem threaded to engage first 'one and then the other of said'sockets, said sections being relatively movableand means to "limit-such movement.

4. A valve housing 'having a'throughpassage, a valve in' said housing divided on an inclined plane into two wedge-sections, fluid openings through "said sections to be moved into' or-out of registering position with said passage, a

threaded socket on each of said sections, a valve stem threaded to engage both said sockets but adapted as the valve approaches the end of either opening or closing movement to screw out of one, but not both, of said sockets, said sections being relatively movable, means to limit such movement, one of the ends of each of said sections being adapted for contacting with a wall of said housing to stop the movement of one section before the other when the valve reaches the end of its movement to open or closed position.

5. A valve housing having a through passage, a valve in said housing dividedon an inclined plane into two wedge sections, fluid openings through said sections to be moved into or out of registering position with said passage, a threaded socket on each of said sections, a valve stem threaded to engage both said sockets, said sections being relatively movable, dowels on one section engaging in elongated openings in the adjacent section to cause said sections to be moved simultaneously except for a limited relative movement.

6. A valve housing having a fluid passage, a valve chamber, a valve member having a transverse opening adapted to be moved to and from registration with said passage, said valve being divided on an inclined plane into two wedge shaped sections, a recess in the inner face of one of said sections, a boss having a threaded socket therein on the mating section projecting Within said recess, a threaded socket on said recessed section aligned with said first named socket, a valve stem threaded to engage said sockets to move said section, one section being movable relative to the other when said valve is initiating both opening and closing movements.

7. A valve housing having a fluid passage, a valve chamber, a valve member having a transverse opening adapted to be moved to and from registration with said passage, said valve being divided on an inclined plane into two wedge shaped sections, a recess in the inner face of one of said sections, a boss having a threaded socket therein on the mating section projecting within said recess, a threaded socket on said recessed section aligned with said first named socket, a valve stem threaded to engage said sockets to move said sections, said boss having a limited longitudinal movement in said socket, resilient means in said socket to urge said boss against the lower wall of said recess, said resilient means being under compression when said valveis fully open and said sections wedged together.

8. A valve housing having a fluid passage, a valve chamber, a valve member having a transverse opening adapted to be moved to and from registration with said passage, said valve being divided on an inclined plane into two wedge shaped sections, a recess in the inner face of one of said sections, a boss having a threaded socket therein on the mating section projecting within said recess, a threaded socketon said recessed section aligned with said first named socket, a valve stem threaded to engage said sockets to move said section, one section being movable slightly in advance of the other when said valve is initiating its movement to open or closed position, and means tending to resiliently hold one section downwardly relative to the opposing section.

9. A valve housing having a fluid passage, a

valve chamber, a valve member having a trans-" verse opening adapted to be moved to and from registration with said passage, said valve being divided on an inclined plane into two wedgeshaped sections, a boss on one section fitting within a recess in the other section, aligned sockets on said boss and said other section, a

valve stem adapted for threaded engagement in one of said sockets and to be screwed into and out of the other of said sockets and a loose connection between said sections wherebya limited relative movement of said sections is allowed, the walls of said housing acting to limit the movement of said valve.

10. Avalve housing having a fluid passage, a valve chamber, a valve member having a transverse opening adapted to be moved to and from registration with said passage, said valve being divided on an inclined plane into two wedgeshaped sections, aligned threaded sockets on said sections, a valve stem adapted for threaded connection in said sockets and to be screwed out of one of said sockets when said valve is in closed position, and to be screwed out of the other socket when said valve is open, and a loose connection between said sections, whereby one section may be wedged against the other in open or closed position.

SAM SORENSEN. 

